5 Facts

1.Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, in Florence, Italy. He eventually became a man who lived his life for politics and patriotism.

2.This entire article discusses Machiavelli with an acceptance of "The Prince" as his most important work and most influential work.

3.Machiavelli should be remembered more for his "Discourses on the First Ten Books of Levy", where he states things such as "The Masses are Wiser and More Constant Than a Prince"


4.When Machiavelli lost his office, he desperately wanted to return to politics. He tried to gain the favor of the Medici by writing a book of what he thought were the Medici's goals and dedicating it to them.

5.The Prince and Discourses. Some commentators have described him as inconsistent, and perhaps as not even putting a high priority in consistency.


Machiavelli was born on May 3rd, 1469, and died on June 21st 1527.

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Summary=Machiavelli's best known book, "The Prince" contains a number of maxims concerning politics, but rather than the more traditional subject of a hereditary prince, it conentrates on the possibility of a " New Prince."